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Pomp brought down. POETIC UNDERWORLD | The taunt personifies Sheol and gives dead rulers a voice. Shadowed seats and a fallen lyre visualize the poem, not a mapped account of the afterlife.
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Isaiah 14:9-11

Pomp brought down

The Oppressor Has Ceased · Isaiah 14

Story guide: POETIC UNDERWORLD | The taunt personifies Sheol and gives dead rulers a voice. Shadowed seats and a fallen lyre visualize the poem, not a mapped account of the afterlife.

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9Sheol beneath is stirred up for you, to meet your coming; it rouses the shades for you, all the leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

10All of them will answer and say to you, ‘You too have become weak like us; you have become like us.’

11Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you, and worms are your covering.

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